The size of the car has no influence on how much comfort a rearfacing seat takes away in front. The adults in the front seats and the car interior are the determining factors. A large car might not have heaps of room in the passenger area. A small car can have good room for a rearfacing seat
Der kan forekomme fotos af stolen i biler lånt hos en forhandler./Some photos are taken at car dealerships.

Some of the photos taken at car dealships include “Yours Truely” in order to give a better indication for the leg space for a 180 cm tall person. That is 5ft 11″.

Photos are used with kind permission from parents and car dealerships.

This little family of a father, a mother and a 1-year-old 11 kg son were searching for the next stage car seat and had decided on a rearfacing car seat. They had two cars. The other one was a VW Lupo 2003 without isofix. So they needed a car seat that could be safely mounted in both cars. The mother would be the only adult in the Lupo with the son, so space requirements were not important for this car. The Seat Altea XL was the main car that they would use on long road trips and when all had to go. I forgot to ask about their height, but a good shot at it would be 170 cm for the mother (5ft 7”) and 180 cm (5 ft 11”) for the father.

The Seat Altea XL is a medium-sized family car like a station car. But it is yet another exsample of the fact that a car this size does not automatically mean there is heaps of room inside. This car happens to be quite small inside. The Peugeot 308 SW is similar sized car but with a whole other interior design resulting in much more room inside of it.

Their whishes for the next car seat were: Could be safely mounted in both cars. 1-hand recline. Possibility to turn it forwards as well as good leg space for the child.

The thing about the leg space was touched as children are very smooth and can sit comfortably in positions that look awfully uncomfortable to parents. For this reason the fact that the son should sit rearfacing until he himself expressed discomfort because of it was touched.

Was the first car seat to be installed into the car as they were considering this one. They were looking for a car seat that could be used forward facing as well, but that wasn´t touched until after the Izi Plus had been installed.

The tether straps were installed in the front seat itself as there was no gap to feed them underneath the front seat runners. All Besafe belted rearfacing seats do come with two pairs of tether rings that are to be mounted on the front seat runners, which they were informed about. There was no trouble installing the car seat other than the belt clip being very tough to close. It is there to prevent the seatbelt from coming out of position which they knew. So we did not close it.

Their son could just about be safely strapped into the seat in the lowest harness setting. He wore a coat which he normally does not when he is riding in the car.

Space requirements were a bit too much for both parents. This seat might have done better spacewise behind the front passenger seat.